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19FortyFive’s Defense Editor and accomplished author Dr. Brent M. Eastwood explains the history of the X-13 Vertijet: We are used to airplanes that take off horizontally and land horizontally. But the U.S. Air Force actually had an aircraft that took off and landed from a vertical position from a mobile launch platform in the manner […]
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Biden signs vital $858 billion defense bill into law, nixing military’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate CNN
Is dogfighting dead – like in the Top Gun movies we all so love these days? (Subscribe to Our YouTube Channel Here) A U.S. Air Force F-16 pilot believes that fighters launching stand-off beyond visual range missiles, instead of engaging in head-to-head aerial combat, may be the way of modern aerial warfighting. These missiles can […]
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How the push to end the military vax mandate culminated in the NDAA Fox News
A nuclear weapon like no other – if it had been built – The Soviet Union’s test of the gargantuan nuclear device known as Tsar Bomba was the biggest of all time in 1961 – a record that still stands. It had a yield of 50-megatons that was five times larger than America’s biggest thermonuclear bomb […]
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Biden signs defense bill repealing military vaccine mandate POLITICO
DoD awards new Tricare contracts, worth $136B, to start in 2024 Military Times
We often talk about special ops SEALs here at 19FortyFive, but we usually stay away from mentioning real wildlife unless it is a review for a hunting rifle. So, a story on animals is typically beyond the scope of the publication, except in this case. The military application of dolphins is something different and now […]
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The Worst Tank of All Time: Meet the Bob Semple Tractor ‘Tank’ – Picture a small Caterpillar tractor. Then throw some thin corrugated steel around the vehicle and give it six light machine guns. Oh, and don’t use blueprints, just start building. What emerged from these ramshackle plans was the worst tank in history. (Subscribe […]
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